Sanskrit quote nr. 239 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अग्रे यान्ति रथस्य रेणुवदमी चूर्णीभवन्तो घनाश् चक्रभ्रान्तिररान्तरेषु जनयत्यन्यामिवारावलिम् ।
चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं हयशिरस्यायामवच्चामरं यष्ट्यग्रे च समं स्थितो ध्वजपटः प्रान्ते च वेगानिलात् ॥agre yānti rathasya reṇuvadamī cūrṇībhavanto ghanāś cakrabhrāntirarāntareṣu janayatyanyāmivārāvalim |
citranyastamivācalaṃ hayaśirasyāyāmavaccāmaraṃ yaṣṭyagre ca samaṃ sthito dhvajapaṭaḥ prānte ca vegānilāt ||
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Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.
Agre (अग्रे): defined in 1 categories.
Agra (अग्र, agrā, अग्रा): defined in 15 categories.
Agri (अग्रि): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Anti (अन्ति, antī, अन्ती): defined in 9 categories.
Ratha (रथ): defined in 17 categories.
Vada (वद): defined in 17 categories.
Curni (cūrṇī, चूर्णी, cūrṇi, चूर्णि): defined in 5 categories.
Curnin (cūrṇin, चूर्णिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Bhavanta (भवन्त): defined in 4 categories.
Bhavat (भवत्): defined in 4 categories.
Bhavant (भवन्त्): defined in 2 categories.
Ghana (घन, ghanā, घना): defined in 22 categories.
Cakrabhranti (cakrabhrānti, चक्रभ्रान्ति): defined in 1 categories.
Arantara (arāntara, अरान्तर): defined in 1 categories.
Janayati (जनयति): defined in 1 categories.
Janayat (जनयत्): defined in 1 categories.
Ani (anī, अनी): defined in 12 categories.
Anya (anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Ara (āra, आर): defined in 18 categories.
Arava (ārāva, आराव): defined in 9 categories.
Aru (āru, आरु): defined in 7 categories.
Ali (अलि): defined in 16 categories.
Citranyasta (चित्रन्यस्त): defined in 2 categories.
Acala (अचल): defined in 20 categories.
Hayashiras (hayasiras, hayaśiras, हयशिरस्): defined in 5 categories.
Ayamavat (āyāmavat, आयामवत्): defined in 1 categories.
Camara (cāmara, चामर): defined in 19 categories.
Yashti (yasti, yaṣṭi, यष्टि, yaṣṭī, यष्टी): defined in 12 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Samam (समम्): defined in 6 categories.
Sama (सम): defined in 28 categories.
Sthita (स्थित): defined in 16 categories.
Dhvajapata (dhvajapaṭa, ध्वजपट): defined in 4 categories.
Pranta (prānta, प्रान्त): defined in 7 categories.
Veganila (vegānila, वेगानिल): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Buddhism, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Purana (epic history), Tamil, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Yoga (school of philosophy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Shilpashastra (iconography), Dharmashastra (religious law), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Jain philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “agre yānti rathasya reṇuvadamī cūrṇībhavanto ghanāś cakrabhrāntirarāntareṣu janayatyanyāmivārāvalim”
- agre -
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agre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[locative single]agra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]agri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- rathasya -
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ratha (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- reṇu -
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reṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- vadam -
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vada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ī -
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ī (noun, feminine)[compound]ī (noun, masculine)[compound]i (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- cūrṇī -
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cūrṇī (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cūrṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]cūrṇi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]cūrṇin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavanto* -
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bhavanta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]
- ghanāś -
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ghana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ghanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- cakrabhrāntir -
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cakrabhrānti (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arāntareṣu -
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arāntara (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- janayatya -
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janayati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√jan -> janayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jan class 10 verb], [locative single from √jan]√jan -> janayat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √jan class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 10 verb], [locative single from √jan class 10 verb], [nominative dual from √jan], [vocative dual from √jan], [accusative dual from √jan], [locative single from √jan]√jan (verb class 10)[present active third single]√jan (verb class 0)[present active third single]
- anyām -
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anī (noun, feminine)[locative single]anyā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√an (verb class 2)[optative active first single]
- ivā -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ārāva -
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ārāva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ārāva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]āra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]āru (noun, feminine)[locative single]āru (noun, masculine)[locative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√ṛ (verb class 1)[aorist active first dual]√ṛ (verb class 3)[aorist active first dual]√ṛ (verb class 5)[aorist active first dual]
- alim -
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ali (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “citranyastamivācalaṃ hayaśirasyāyāmavaccāmaraṃ yaṣṭyagre ca samaṃ sthito dhvajapaṭaḥ prānte ca vegānilāt”
- citranyastam -
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citranyasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citranyasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]citranyastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ivā -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- acalam -
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acala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]acala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]acalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√cal (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- hayaśirasyā -
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hayaśiras (noun, masculine)[locative single]hayaśiras (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- āyāmavac -
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āyāmavat (noun, masculine)[compound]āyāmavat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- cāmaram -
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cāmara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāmara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cāmarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yaṣṭya -
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yaṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yaṣṭi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yaṣṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- agre -
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agre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[locative single]agra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]agri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samam -
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samam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sthito* -
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sthita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
- dhvajapaṭaḥ -
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dhvajapaṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prānte -
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prānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]prānta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vegānilāt -
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vegānila (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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It has serial number 239 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.